"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

If the massive, magnetic star in the Dragon’s Egg nebula was indeed formed by a stellar merger, it offers compelling evidence that such collisions can lead this unusual—and fleeting ...

An international team of astronomers led by Stefan Kimeswenger from the Department of Astro and Particle Physics, together ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

The JWST’s latest images showcase LBN 483, a nebula shaped by dynamic stellar interactions and magnetic fields.

The Necklace Nebula, formed by two doomed stars, glows with bright gas clumps like a cosmic diamond ring. Located 15,000 light-years away in the Sagitta constellation, it shines as a stunning ...

Laplace did not reach this conclusion at once. At first he supposed that the solar system originated in a stellar nebula which threw off rings, from which the planets were formed, and from this he ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

How does the birth of stars form a nebula like this ... starbirth it may operate on slightly different rules to those huge stellar nurseries. — Is our universe trapped inside a black hole?

How the Beautiful Butterfly Nebula Gets Its Mesmerising Wings? By MC Science Desk | March 21, 2025 How the Beautiful ...